A friend of the wife of the late British explorer Hamish Harding described her efforts to get a remote-controlled submarine from Guernsey to join the search. giant after it disappeared near the wreck Titanic.

Tracy Ryan said: “When I heard it was Hamish, my heart sank. Everybodyadded: “I worked behind the scenes for four days to get the Magellan submarine there and got their license approved because they have the ability to dive to the place.

“And I actually invited a U.S. Congressman to work with the Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard to try to clear them up.”

She added: “For two days he was on the phone with these people trying to get it Magellan deployed… And you know, I’ve been texting all this back and forth with Linda the whole time.

“This is really an effort for me to try to help the family get answers faster,” Ms Ryan told the outlet. “Because the slamming into the water that happens every 30 minutes has given them a lot of hope.”

The owner of the Titanic sought to limit liability after the sinking by suing under the law of 1851. The owner of the submersible that went missing while diving to visit the famous wreck could possibly be the owner of the Titanic. do the same thing,

In a startling series of interviews on Thursday, James Cameron revealed that he knew very sensitive details about the Titan search and rescue mission days before it was made public.

The 68-year-old told ABC News that his contacts in the “community” shared details of the mission with him, alluding to the Manned Underwater Vehicle (MUV) industry. small and close.

“Some people think of me as a Hollywood guy… (but) I do Avatar to earn money to go on expeditions,” Cameron said Daily telegram in 2018.

“We received confirmation within an hour that there was a loud bang at the same time as the loss of secondary communication. A loud bang on the hydrophone. Lost transponder. Lost keeping in touch. I know what happened. The submarine blew up,” he told Reuters.

Cameron emailed MUV industry colleagues on Monday that Titan is definitely “bottoming out right now.”

Bill Price, a former passenger of Titan, said that when he sailed on the submersible two years ago, it lost contact with the mother ship after an hour of journey.

Soon, the crew realized that there was a problem with the mechanism to release the weight from the ship so it could resurface. “There is some concern about how we will recover,” said Mr. LA time.

OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush and French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who were on board the submarine, asked passengers to sway from side to side in an attempt to dislodge heavy objects.

Mr Price added: “When we heard the first click, it was a relief.

Justin D’Arienzo, a clinical psychologist in Jacksonville, Florida and a former US Navy psychologist, said: somewhere either underwater or experiencing that level of uncertainty. Independence.

“What makes it understandable is that we can all imagine ourselves being helpless to others and not knowing what to do.”

The search for submersibles has captured the attention of millions, as phrases like “Titan” and hashtags like #OceanGate have dominated Twitter’s top trending pages and TikTok pages. For You.

“People who pay $250,000 to go into a tube will go underwater, having some obsession with the rich and famous. “We’re sensitive to voyeurism in that regard,” D’Arienzo said. “We quickly followed those we saw as powerful; We give them more time. There’s a reason we follow the lifestyles of the rich and famous.”

All planned expeditions to the wreck of the Titanic have been canceled after the Titanic sinking tragedy left five people dead, industry groups say. New York Post Office.

The Explorers Club said it was aware of no plans being made for scientific expeditions to the wreck of the Titanic at 12,500 feet below the ocean’s surface. Commercial expeditions have also been reported to be grounded.

David Scott-Beddard, chief executive of White Star Memories Ltd, a UK Titanic creation company, said he also did not anticipate future explorations of the famous wreck “in his lifetime”. .

The US Coast Guard and Canada’s Transportation Safety Board are leading investigations into the giant The explosion sank last week.

Officials confirmed the five-man crew of the OceanGate Expeditions were killed during a trip to the bottom of the ocean to see the wreck of the Titanic.

The US Coast Guard declared the incident a “serious maritime accident” and will conduct an investigation with the assistance of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). a statement was posted on Twitter on Friday.

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is also conducting an investigation into the submarine explosion, according to a press release. TSB is an independent agency that investigates air, marine, pipeline and rail transport incidents.

TSB said a team of investigators traveled to St John’s in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador to collect information, conduct interviews and assess the case.

It is unclear whether other countries will join these investigations or carry out their own investigations following a large-scale international operation to find the missing ship.

According to legal experts, the company that operated the ill-fated Titan submersible could try to evade liability by taking advantage of the same law used by the owners of the wrecked Titanic more than a century ago. century ago — in a catastrophically macabre development, according to legal experts.

With recovery efforts to collect debris underway, focus has shifted to whether and how OceanGate can be held liable in court. Experts say independence that a 172-year-old piece of legislation could prove pivotal to the company: the Liability Limitation Act of 1851.

“This is an interesting situation because of where it happens in international waters – there are a lot of complexities of choice of law and jurisdiction about where any dispute is happening, which company or organization it is. what organization and government agency will investigate,” said Tulane University adjunct maritime law professor Michael Harowski, who teaches a course on liability at the institution’s renowned law school. independence.

A veteran adventurer and host of Unknown Expedition on Discovery Plus said he decided to forgo the opportunity to film aboard OceanGate’s submersible Titan due to safety concerns.

Josh Gates tweeted on Wednesday that he had decided to forgo the opportunity to film Titanic because the submersible “did not perform well” during a test dive.

In a series of tweets, Gates explained that he had the opportunity to take a test dive with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush while the company was preparing for its maiden visit to the Titanic, which took place in July, 2021.

He wrote: “For those asking, #Titan hasn’t performed well on my dive. In the end, I missed out on a great opportunity to film Titanic due to concerns about my safety with the @OceanGate platform. There’s a lot more about Titan’s history and design that hasn’t been made public – mostly related.”

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